Can we use a mindfulness-based intervention for people in mental health recovery?
- Conditions
- Intervention to facilitate personal recovery in people with mental illnessMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN90791918
- Lead Sponsor
- Hong Kong Baptist University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
1. Aged 18 or above
2. Permanent Hong Kong residents
3. Diagnosed with mental illness with standardised diagnostic criteria (e.g. ICD-11 or DSM-5), for any length of illness
4. Capable of providing informed consent to participate in the trial
5. Able to understand Chinese languages
6. Recipient the community-based mental health service
1. A diagnosis of learning disability or major cognitive impairment arising from any underlying medical condition resulting in significant functional impairment
2. Primary diagnosis of substance abuse
3. In a mental state that precludes the possibility of engaging in the intervention (e.g. significant thought disorder)
4. Engagement in concurrent mindfulness training/intervention
5. Do not provide informed consent
6. Refused to be randomised
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Personal recovery: Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) at baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention, 1-month follow-up.<br> 2. Trait mindfulness: the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS-17) at baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention, 1-month follow-up.<br> 3. Self-compassion: Self-compassion Scale (SCS) at at baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention, 1-month follow-up.<br> 4. Resilience: Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) at baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention, 1-month follow-up.<br> 5. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted at baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention, 1-month follow-up.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Positive and negative mood: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) at baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention, 1-month follow-up.<br> 2. Quality of life: The World Health Organization Quality of Life – BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) at baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention, 1-month follow-up.<br>